Taqdeer - Classic Bollywood Movie - 1972 Directed By :A. Salam Starring : Bharat Bhooshan, Shalini, Kamal Kapoor, Farida Jalal, Agha, Kaajal, Sushil, Tuntun, Ajay, Champakala, Dinesh, Dilip Dutt, Master Shahid, Salim, Lalita Kumari, Sunder. Music Director : Laxmikant Pyarelal, Lyricist : Anand Bakshi, Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Mohd.Rafi, Usha Mangeshkar, Usha Timothi, Mahendra Kapoor. Synopsis : Gopal (Bharat Bhooshan) a poor music-teacher of Goa, earns his livelihood by teaching music to the children in his village.Though Gopal and his wife Sharda (Shalini) and their three children are poor they face life with integrity.One day Gopal leaves home to better his prospects by taking employment on board a ship. But, soon after his departure, news comes that the ship has been wrecked, and he is reported missing. Sharda tries her best to stem the onrushing tide of poverty but cannot, and soon her children are on the verge of starvation. Trapped in the storms of agony and tortures, Sharda finally takes a brave decision -- and accepts Vijay Babu's offer to marry him. Several years pass, and we find on the shores of Africa a bearded Gopal bereft of memory. But one day he hears a familiar melody, a composition of his own, sung by one of his former pupils. Memory flashes back to him, and he returns to his native place in Goa. Here,series of shock await him. He finds his home broken down and deserted. Then he hears of his wife's remarriage to Vijay Babu and finds his children grownup, rich and happy. Gopal decides not to re-enter their lives but to eke out his quite and lonely existence. But the wheel of fate turns once again. One day, the old man saves Geeta(his daughter) from a ruffian. One thing leads to another, and soon, Sharada, comes to know that the strange friend of her youngest daughter is none other than her own husband! Almost simultaneously, Vijay Babu learns the truth too. Instantly he decides to get rid of poor Gopal. Watch the film to know what happens in the end......